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ISBN: 9781782062424 - A Journey to Nowhere A Journey to Nowhere
Jean-Paul Kauffmann

ISBN10: 1782062424  ISBN13: 9781782062424
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc MacLehose Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jun 2013
A remarkable combination of memoir, history and travel. Courland is an entity that no longer exists. With the Gulf of Riga to the north, the Baltic to the west and Lithuania at its southern border, and now part of modern Latvia, the region was... More
ISBN: 9780415847957 - German Orientalism German Orientalism
Ursula Wokoeck

ISBN10: 0415847958  ISBN13: 9780415847957
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Mar 2013
During the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, German universities were at the forefront of scholarship in Oriental studies. Drawing upon a comprehensive survey of thousands of German publications on the Middle East from this... More
ISBN: 9780822961925 - Visions of Annihilation Visions of Annihilation
Rory Yeomans

ISBN10: 082296192X  ISBN13: 9780822961925
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Feb 2013
ISBN: 9781780762883 - Poland Poland
Anita Prazmowska

ISBN10: 1780762887  ISBN13: 9781780762883
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Oct 2012
The spirit of Polish nationalism - forged during World War I - has been frequently at odds with the modernising drives of democracy and communism. This title traces this conflict from the emergence of an independent Poland in 1918; through World... More
ISBN: 9780415636407 - De-Centering Cold War History De-Centering Cold War History
Jadwiga E Pieper Mooney, Fabio Lanza

ISBN10: 041563640X  ISBN13: 9780415636407
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Oct 2012
De-Centering Cold War History challenges the Cold War master narratives that focus on super-power politics by shifting our analytical perspective to include local-level experiences and regional initiatives that were crucial to the making of a Cold... More
ISBN: 9780719089022 - Stalinist Terror in Eastern Europe Stalinist Terror in Eastern Europe
Kevin McDermott, Matthew Stibbe

ISBN10: 0719089026  ISBN13: 9780719089022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2012
This volume examines Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe in the period 1940 to 1956. It covers instances of elite purges from the party and state hierarchy, including the infamous show trials staged against leading communists and the impact such... More
ISBN: 9780752486352 - Tollund Man Tollund Man
Christian Fischer

ISBN10: 0752486357  ISBN13: 9780752486352
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2012
On May 6, 1950, Viggo and Emil Hojgaard from the small village of Tollund were cutting mud to find peat for their stove in the Bjoldskovdal peat bog, 12km west of Silkeborg, Denmark. As they worked, one of their wives noticed in the peat layer a... More
ISBN: 9780857050366 - A Journey to Nowhere A Journey to Nowhere
Jean-Paul Kauffmann

ISBN10: 0857050362  ISBN13: 9780857050366
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2012
A remarkable combination of memoir, history and travel. Courland is an entity that no longer exists. With the Gulf of Riga to the north, the Baltic to the west and Lithuania at its southern border, and now part of modern Latvia, the region was by... More
ISBN: 9781861898968 - Baltic Facades Baltic Facades
Aldis Purs

ISBN10: 1861898967  ISBN13: 9781861898968
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Apr 2012
Baltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes the unique character of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whilst also examining the anxiety that these... More
ISBN: 9789185509874 - Treasured Memories Treasured Memories
Mats Burstrom

ISBN10: 9185509876  ISBN13: 9789185509874
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Mar 2012
In the autumn of 1944, around 70,000 people fled Estonia in the face of the Red Army advance. Most of them believed the Soviet occupation would be short-lived and they would soon be able to return home, so many of them hid the most valuable of... More